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P. H. WALSH.A

BUTTON. Y No. 315,191. Patented Apr. 7, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE. l

PATRICK H. WALSH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON.

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,191, dated April 7, 1885.

Application tiled February 11l 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. WALSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surface- Attaching Buttons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention will be described below and pointed out in the claims.

In,the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the button partly open. Fig. 2 is a detail front view of the buckle-frame. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the clasp. Fig. 4 is a front view of the closed button.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The button described below is designed to be an improvement on that shown in the patent granted to me February 10, 1885, No. 312,046.

B represents the buckle-frame. It is formed from a single piece of metal, and includes the rearwardly projecting and curved perforating or fastening vteeth i i, the catch a, and the straight slot r. Y

A represents the clasp. It is provided on its outer side with an ordinary stud, C, but on its inner side with an integral clutch or bar, h. This extends toward the teeth i z', and is slightly curved downward, being nearly as wide as the open space between the sides ot' the said buckle frame. When the button By having the (No model.)

catch or snap c on the buckle-frame, as shown, the former comes outside of the end of the clasp, and when the strain comes on the stud C the clasp will be pulled into the catch and be held more irmly than if the catch were on the clasp, as in the above patent. The lower portion of clasp A terminates in a loop,.r, and when this is sprung into the slot r the clasp and buckle-frame will be securely hinged together, and without the use-of a pintle.

The operation of the button is as follows: Draw the teethi i well through the cloth, then push the clasp A under the catch a, and the two main parts will be locked together. The bar 7L, without perforating the cloth, will press it upon the points of the teeth and prevent the latter from slipping out as well. This done, the button-hole of a suspender or garment may attached to the stud C.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the clasp A, provided with a stud, C, and the inwardly-projecting clutch or bar h, with the buckle-frame B, having rearwardly projecting perforatingteeth i fi, and a catch a, as set forth.

2. In a button, the clasp A, provided with the loop r', combined with the buckle-frame B, having the slot r, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The clasp A, having loop r', bar h, and stud C, combined with the buckle-frame B, having slot r, teeth 1I i, and the catch or snap a, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK H. VALSH.

Vitnesses:

F. F. Coon, D. H. TIERNEY. 

